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Trey Yesavage sets World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts and Toronto Blue Jays debut game 6-1 win with back-to-back homers in the 5th los angeles dodgers on Wednesday, which moved them to within one win of their first championship since 1993.
Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored homers on the first and third pitches of Blake Snell, their first consecutive homers to start a Series game.
Yesvez, a 22-year-old right-hander who began his season pitching in front of 327 fans in Class A last April, took over from there.
With a sinking splitter, revolving slider and tremendous fastball that silenced L.A.’s bats and the crowd of 52,175, he broke the former record of 11 strikeouts set by Don Newcombe in a 1–0 loss to the Dodgers. New York Yankees In the 1949 opener. After getting six Ks each with his splitter and slider, Yesavage became the first pitcher in the Series with 12 strikeouts and no walks.
Yesavez allowed three hits in seven innings and his only run was when Kiké Hernández homered on a high fastball to cut the Dodgers’ deficit to 2–1 in the third.
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